[Chorus]
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Bald Butte, Bald Butte so lofty and so high
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Carry me to Bald Butte
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Where the plains wrap round the sky
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You can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die
[Verse 1]
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Henry was born on Bald Butte
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A paint horse he did ride
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Well he roped him in Alberta
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Broke him on the Montana line
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Tore him a trail through the northwest countryside
[Verse 2]
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Henry took to stealing
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Robbing on the CP Rail
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He got the devil on his shoulders
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And the law man on his tail
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You better ride, Henry ride
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You ain't got no friends to go your bail
[Verse 3]
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Well he rode across the Grey Back camp
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Up in Cypress Hills
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They said they left the US nation
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On the day that Richmond fell
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They whistled Dixie and set him up a still
[Verse 4]
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Henry woke the next morn
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Like a corpse from the grave
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Half blind and twice as haggard
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He took a cast iron to the brain
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They stole his horse and the rifle that shared his name
[Verse 5]
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And he tracked them former Johnny Rebs
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Through the prairie and the trees
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Up old Castle Mountain
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Cross the river Wapiti
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Low and behold, what do you think he sees
I see my paint
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I see my rifle that shares my name
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I see them men that done me wrong
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Lord, I'm gonna do them just the same
[Verse 6]
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Henry grabbed his rifle
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Up off of the ground
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He kissed the ever-loving barrel
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And he shot them old boys down
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They hit the dirt, he revelled in the soumd
[Verse 7]
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Now he's back up in the saddle
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Back up on the top
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When he felt that southern slug
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Chew a hole right through his gut
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He thought he killed them all
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But he had not
[Verse 9]
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That paint took off a running
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Through the water and the mud
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No earthly force in this whole world
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Could stop that 'Berta stud
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Henry sat there laughing up his blood
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And he was singing
[Chorus]
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Bald Butte, Bald Butte so lofty and so high
F
Carry me to Bald Butte
C
Where the plains wrap round the the sky
G C
You can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die